Cover for golf-club woods



March 29, 1955 c. HALTER 2,705,039

COVER FOR GOLF-CLUB WOODS Filed April 27, 1950 INVENTOR CYRIL HALTER.

OkkaW ATTORN 5Y5 United States Patent COVER FOR GOLF-CLUB WOODS CyrilHalter, Dover, N. J., assignor of one-half to William Michael Zayets,St. Vital, Manitoba, Canada Application April 27, 1950, Serial No.158,511

1 Claim. (Cl. 150-52) This invention relates to a cover for the heads ofthe four woods used in the game of golf.

It is an object of the instant invention to provide protection for theheads of the woods when being transported or stored.

A further object is to provide a cover of light weight which can bequickly attached over and detached from the woods.

Another object is to provide a means for supporting the cover on the rimof a golf bag.

Other objects of the instant invention will become apparent in thecourse of the following speclfication.

In the accomplishment of these objectives, the cover is in the form of apair of swingable jaws designed to be fitted over the wood from theback. Each jaw is constituted of a wire frame spaced from the wood. Overeach frame is some type of water repellant material to complete theclosure. Each jaw covers one-half of the head and the two jaws meetalong the center of the head. A spring hinge at the back of the framesmaintains the jaws closed under tension around the wood.

The invention will appear more clearly when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings showing by way of example a preferred embodimentof the inventive idea.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the cover constructed inaccordance with the principles of this 1n vention;

Figure 2 is a front view of the cover shown in Fig ure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional View along 3-3 of Flgure 1 in the closedposition of the cover;

Figure 4 is a sectional view along 33 of Figure l in the open positionof the cover; and

Figure 5 is a sectional view along 5-5 of Figure 1 but on an enlargedscale.

Referring now in greater detail to the drawings where like referencenumerals indicate like parts, reference numeral indicates the wood of agolf club, and 11 the cover for the wood.

The wood 10 of the golf club may be any of the usual types that is Nos.1, 2, 3, or 4 The cover 11 is constituted of the frame 12 formed withthe two side frames 13 and 14 in juxtaposition. Each frame is made fromsemi-rigid wire or the like and is designed to be adjacent the top andbottom and free end of the wood and the front and back of the adjacentshank.

Over both side frames 13 and 14, flexible or resilient or even properlyshaped rigid material is attached by any suitable means. Each side ofthe cover is designed to encase one-half of the wood and adjacent shank,the side frames 13 and 14 being in juxtaposition along the center of thewood and shank. Where flexible or resilient material is used for thecovering, the edges may be turned over the side frame and fastened tothe main body by stitching or by other suitable means. Where rigidmaterial is used, the outwardly directed cup like fgrmations may beintegrally formed with the frame of e aw.

At the back of the cover, that is along the shank is ice the springhinge 15 formed with the spaced levers 16 and 17 fulcrumed by anysuitable pin 18 around which is a spiral spring 19 coacting with thelevers 16 and 17 to normally maintain the weight arms, one of which isattached to each frame, under inwardly directed tension. It will benoted that the power arms of the levers flare outwardly as most clearlyshown in Figures 3 and 4 for manlpulation of the weight arms by thefingers as illustrated. Of course, another type of hinge or spring hingecould be used as long as the fulcrum 18 is sufliciently spaced from theback of the cover to permit a wide swing of the side frames or jawmembers when being fitted over the wood or removed therefrom.

If desired, the edge of the flexible material around one of the wireframes may be formed into a bead 20 to overlap the line of jointure ofthe jaw members when closed and to form a substantially weatherproofjoint therebetween. Of course, the bead may be on the inside or outsideof the cover and may even be a separately attached member. In addition,the bead 20 may extend around the entire periphery of one of the jawmembers but usually around that portion enclosing the wood will besutficient.

The hook 19 is fastened in any known manner to the outer surface of oneof the flexible covers around the shank and is downwardly directed forattachment over the rim of a golf bag or the like.

In operation, the cover 11 is placed over the wood 10 by bringingtogether the power arms of the spring hinge 15 (Fig. 4) which spreadsthe weight arms of the levers apart for convenient attachment of the jawmembers over the wood from the back of the shank. ln storage, the cover11 provides suitable protection for the wood usually exposed in the topof the golf bag. On the course, the cover can be used to protect thehead of each wood when on the course but momentarily out of service, thecover being quickly removed when the protected club is desired.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the exactdisclosure herein described but may lend itself to a variety ofexpressions within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In a cover for the wood and adjacent: shank of a golf club, the coverhaving two frames shaped to conform to the wood and adjacent shank ofthe club and being in juxtaposition adjacent the top and bottom and freeend of the wood and the front and back of the adjacent shank, each framefurther having a covering member encasing one-half of the head andadjacent shank; the improvements comprising a spring hinge disposedbetween the frames at the back of the shank, the hinge comprising alever arm disposed on each frame and extended rearwardly thereof inspaced arrangement, the rearwardly extended ends of the arms flaringoutwardly, fulcrum means for the lever arms disposed therebetweenintermediate the frames and the outwardly flaring ends of the leverarms, and spring tension means c-oacting with the fulcrum and arms tomaintain the covering members under tension around the head and adjacentshank of the club.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,620,072 Chase Mar. 8, 1927 1,957,577 Chapman May 8, 1934 1,959,318Sundback May 15, 1934 2,035,529 Bucklin Mar. 31, 1936 2,422,245 LaurettiJune 17, 1947 2,508,525 Le Feure May 23, 1950 2,520,467 Merralls Aug.29, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS 383,013 Great Britain Nov. 10, 1932

